Hezekiah Dickinson: Robin's Roots Test

1646 - 1707 (61 years)

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However,
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Generation: 1

Hezekiah Dickinson was born on 28 Feb 1645/46; died on 14 Jun 1707.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 26 Mar 1641, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Became a freeman
Civil: 18 Apr 1659, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Arrival: Abt Sep 1659, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Arrived later in the year after signing a agreement to settle here.
Civil: 8 Oct 1660, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; At first record town meeting, having meen appointed a selectman and town clerk
Residence: 1679, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1693, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Property: 15 Apr 1693, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Sold his home property to Stephen Jennings
Civil: 18 Feb 1868, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Signed a petition protesting import duties

Notes:

Civil:
With 59 others, signed an agreement to move to Hadley, and specifying how property will be divided. He was allocated an 8-acre home lot & 7 meadows totaling 50.5 acres.

Buried:
GRid=14061944; no headstone. Photo of plaque honoring his immigrant father.

Hezekiah married Abigail Blakeman on 4 Dec 1679. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Blakeman and Elizabeth Wheeler) was born on 11 Nov 1663; died on 30 Mar 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. Adam Dickinson was born on 5 Feb 1701/02; died in 1762.
3. Johanna Dickinson was born on 2 Feb 1684; died on 31 Oct 1764.
4. Jonathan Dickinson was born on 22 Apr 1688; died on 17 Oct 1747.
5. Abigail Dickinson was born on 8 Dec 1690; died on 20 Jun 1775.
6. Elizabeth Dickinson was born on 9 Mar 1693; died in unknown.
7. Moses Dickinson was born on 12 Dec 1695; died on 1 May 1778.

Generation: 2

Adam Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 5 Feb 1701/02; died in 1762.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1733, Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Civil: 1742, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA; Entered into a bond in favor of Thomas Lindsay, whereby he was to patent 1,000 acres on Clover Creek, "otherwise ye Cow Pasture"; and place two families on the tract.
Residence: 1745, Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA; 1080 acres were surveyed for Adam Dickenson, in what is now Allegheny County.
Residence: 15 Dec 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Adam Dickinson gave bond for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison
Residence: 1757, Bath County, Virginia, USA; According to court records. This was probably the land he acquired in 1745. Bath County was split off from Augusta County in 1790.

Adam married Catherine Stephenson on **EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**. Catherine died in Feb 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. Mary Dickinson was born in 1725; died after 1797.
9. Abigail Dickinson was born in 1728; died in 1750.
10. John Dickinson was born on 4 May 1732; died on 16 Mar 1799.

Johanna Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 2 Feb 1684; died on 31 Oct 1764.

Notes:

Birth:
Could be Connecticut. Many indirect documents (e.g. DAR applications) say Hadley or Springfield, MA. Her parents were married in Weatherfield, Hartford, CT in 1679, and her famous brother, Jonathan, was born in Hatfield, MA in 1688.

Buried:
GRid=179181742; Biographical info about both spouses; 11 children with Ebenezer Warriner, and 1 with Benjamin CHapin

Died:
Springfield town records say that Joanna Chapin died 31 Oct 1764. Other sources agree. FindAGrave says 28 Sep 1742 (without citation). The town records could, of course, be referring to a different Joanna Chapin.

Johanna married Ebenezer Warriner on 21 Dec 1700. Ebenezer was born on 4 Mar 1682; died on 5 Feb 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johanna married Benjamin Chapin on 27 Sep 1740. Benjamin was born on 27 Feb 1681; died on 22 Mar 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 22 Apr 1688; died on 17 Oct 1747.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Presbyterian Minister, first President of the College of New Jersey, which became Princeton University

Family/Spouse: Joanna Melyn. Joanna was born on 24 May 1682; died on 20 Apr 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

11. Abigail Dickinson was born on 16 Jun 1711.

Abigail Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 8 Dec 1690; died on 20 Jun 1775.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=27309558; Photo of two baroque gravestones; one sunk in the the ground about halfway. Inscription: Wife of Mr Thomas Field who died ... in her 83rd year. However, the dates recorded here suggest 85 rather than 83 years.

Abigail married Thomas Field in 1713. Thomas was born on 30 Jun 1680; died on 1 Feb 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 9 Mar 1693; died in unknown.

Notes:

Died:
Ancestry user Lesley1989 notes the the likelihood of an error in the SAR applications, because her death date is the same as the death date listed for her daughter-in-law Thankful Graves, one line above hers.

Elizabeth married Samuel Belding on 8 May 1717. Samuel was born on 23 Oct 1692; died on 5 Oct 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

12. Mary Belding was born on 23 Oct 1725; died before 1741.
13. Noah Belding was born on 8 May 1731; died on 23 Jan 1807.
14. Jonathon Belding was born on 9 May 1733.
15. Hezekiah Belding was born on 2 Jul 1728; died on 22 Jun 1813.
16. David Belding was born on 4 Feb 1718; died on 4 Aug 1804.
17. Samuel Belding was born on 15 Aug 1719; died in 1793.
18. Abigail Belding was born on 14 May 1721; died in 1797.
19. Elizabeth Belding was born on 2 Dec 1723; died on 24 Feb 1804.

Moses Dickinson

(1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 12 Dec 1695; died on 1 May 1778.

Other Events and Attributes:

Probate: 1778, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Probate: 1778, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Notes:

He was a prominent theologian. Many of his sermons and writings have been compiled into a book that is readily available. Gravestone inscription: Beneath this monumental stone lies interred the body of the Revd. Moses Dickinson, late pastor of the first Church of Christ in Norwalk, who departed this life May 1, 1778, in the 83d year of his age, and 51st of his ministry in said Church. A man of good understanding, well informed by study, chearful in temper, prudent in conduct, he came to his grave in full age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season

Buried:
GRid=19201759; Cracked baroque gravestone, still partially legible. Biographical notes.

Moses married Martha Hart in UNKNOWN. Martha was born on 13 Sep 1701; died on 15 Dec 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

20. Martha Dickinson was born on 8 Mar 1735; died on 15 Jul 1752.

Moses married Hannah St John on 28 Jul 1757. Hannah died on 15 Dec 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

Mary Dickinson

(2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born in 1725; died after 1797.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 29 Mar 1759, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Actions as administrator of Humphrey Madison's estate

Mary married Humphrey Madison on 17 Aug 1753. Humphrey (son of Thomas Madison and Joanna Buckner) was born on 25 Apr 1730; died on 12 Sep 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

21. Catherine Madison was born in 1754; died on 18 Jul 1818.

Mary married Samuel Brown about 1743. Samuel was born about 1717; died about 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

22. Adam Brown was born in 1745; died in 1817.
23. Henry Brown was born about 1747.
24. Samuel Brown, Jr was born about 1750.

Mary married James Littlepage on 14 Jul 1759. James was born in 1738; died in 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25. John Dickinson Littlepage was born on 14 Aug 1761; died on 5 Oct 1829.

9.	Abigail Dickinson (2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born in 1728; died in 1750. Notes: Birth: Or maybe 1730 in New Jersey Family/Spouse: Joseph Coles Carpenter, Jr. Joseph was born in 1723; died in 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

10.

John Dickinson

(2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 4 May 1732; died on 16 Mar 1799.

Other Events and Attributes:

Probate: Bath County, Virginia, USA
Military: 10 Oct 1774, Battle of Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Captain of the Virginia Militia, wounded in the battle

Notes:

John Dickinson was a precocious fighting horseman who, in his early 20's, was named captain of a Virginia Militia company that was dubbed" Dickenson's Rangers" (misspelling 'DIckinson'. Fort Dickenson in central Virginia was named for him when he was still a young solider in command of the fort. He led a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant in what is now West Virginia in 1774.
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I spell his surname "Dickinson" (with an i) because He spelled it that way in his will, and because the historical markers for the fort named after him say "Fort Dickinson". But most Virginia records spell his (and his fathers) last name "Dickenson" (with an e), and his his Virginia Militia company is usually called "Dickenson's Rangers".
I use his will's spelling as evidence that his father was the Adam Dickinson who was born in Massachusetts to Hezekiah Dickinson and Abigail Blakeman.
But his children's names are generally spelled with an e, so that's how I spell them.

John married Martha Usher in 1767. Martha was born on 19 Sep 1735; died on 20 Dec 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

26. Jacob Dickinson was born on 20 Jun 1752; died on 25 Dec 1818.
27. Nancy Dickinson was born in 1752; died in 1799.
28. Mary Perry Dickinson was born on 11 Aug 1768; died on 5 Feb 1853.
29. Adam Dickinson was born before 1775.

11. Abigail Dickinson (4.Jonathan², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 16 Jun 1711.
12. Mary Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 23 Oct 1725; died before 1741.
13. Noah Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 8 May 1731; died on 23 Jan 1807.
14. Jonathon Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 9 May 1733.
15. Hezekiah Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 2 Jul 1728; died on 22 Jun 1813.
16. David Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 4 Feb 1718; died on 4 Aug 1804.
David married Lucy Graves on 5 Feb 1770. Lucy was born in 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
17.
Samuel Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 15 Aug 1719; died in 1793.
Other Events and Attributes:
Will: 13 Apr 1789, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
18. Abigail Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 14 May 1721; died in 1797.
Family/Spouse: Noah Nash. Noah was born in 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

19.	Elizabeth Belding (6.Elizabeth², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 2 Dec 1723; died on 24 Feb 1804. Family/Spouse: William Arms, III. William was born on 24 Jun 1724; died on 10 May 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

20. Martha Dickinson (7.Moses², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 8 Mar 1735; died on 15 Jul 1752.

Generation: 4

21.

Catherine Madison

(8.Mary³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born in 1754; died on 18 Jul 1818.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; She chose John Madison as her guardian
Civil: Dec 1799, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Court appearance establising that her father, Humphrey, died in service to his country as an Esign in the company of Capt John Dickinson (Catherine's uncle)

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836924; Very old headstone, mostly faded

Catherine married William Arbuckle on 30 Oct 1779. William (son of James Arbuckle, Sr and Margaret Granger) was born on 3 Mar 1752; died on 21 Mar 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

30. Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle was born on 4 Apr 1784; died on 13 Sep 1847.
31. Jane Madison Arbuckle was born on 2 Apr 1780; died in Sep 1826.
32. Margaret Thompson Arbuckle was born on 26 Mar 1782; died after 21 Jan 1835.
33. Catharine (Kitty) Brown Arbuckle was born on 11 Jul 1793; died on 16 Oct 1859.
34. Elizabeth Arbuckle was born on 15 Jul 1790; died on 29 Jul 1861.
35. William Arbuckle, Jr. was born on 26 Nov 1788; died in 1805.
36. Nancy Arbuckle was born on 8 Sep 1796; died on 21 Dec 1801.
37. Frances Littlepage Arbuckle was born on 11 Jul 1793; died in Dec 1801.

Catherine married Robert McClenachan, Jr on 15 May 1770. Robert was born on 19 Apr 1747; died on 10 Oct 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

38. Robert McClanachan, III was born in 1771; died in 1824.
39. John Burns McClanahan, Sr was born in Dec 1774; died in Apr 1847.

Catherine married William Poague about 1776. William was born in 1754; died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

40. John Poage was born in 1776; died in 1777.

22. Adam Brown (8.Mary³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born in 1745; died in 1817.
23. Henry Brown (8.Mary³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born about 1747.
24. Samuel Brown, Jr (8.Mary³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born about 1750.
Samuel married Elizabeth Grattan on 19 May 1774. Elizabeth died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

25.

John Dickinson Littlepage

(8.Mary³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 14 Aug 1761; died on 5 Oct 1829.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1820, Frankfort, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA

John married Mary Ann (Polly) Surber on 26 Aug 1815. Mary died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Dickinson Littlepage. John was born in 1759; died in 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

41. Martha H Dickinson was born in 1816; died in 1879.

26. Jacob Dickinson (10.John³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 20 Jun 1752; died on 25 Dec 1818.

27.	Nancy Dickinson (10.John³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born in 1752; died in 1799. Nancy married James McClung in 1772. James was born in 1736; died on 28 Sep 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

28.	Mary Perry Dickinson (10.John³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born on 11 Aug 1768; died on 5 Feb 1853. Mary married Samuel Shrewsbury in 1785. Samuel was born in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

29.	Adam Dickinson (10.John³, 2.Adam², 1.Hezekiah¹) was born before 1775. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1820, Bath County, Virginia, USA; Listed as a Free White Person- Males - 45 and over Residence: 1830, Bath County, Virginia, USA Notes: Birth: mentioned in his father's will